Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 70 / Thursday, April 12, 2007 / Notices 18491 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION, UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

United States Section; Notice of 

Availability of a Final Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Improvements to 

the Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee 

System, in the Lower Rio Grande Flood 

Control Project, Hidalgo County, TX 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission, United States and Mexico. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Final 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 

1508); and the United States Section’s 

Operational Procedures for 

Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, 

published in the Federal Register 

September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the 

United States Section hereby gives 

notice that the Final Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Improvements to 

the Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee 

System, in the Lower Rio Grande Flood 

Control Project, located in Hidalgo 

County, Texas are available. A notice of 

finding of no significant impact dated 

January 8, 2007 provided a thirty (30) 

day comment period before making the 

finding final. The Notice was published 

in the Federal Register on January 8, 

2007 (Federal Register Notice, Vol. 72, 

No. 4, Pages 797–798). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Borunda, Environmental 

Protection Specialist; Environmental 

Management Division; United States 

Section, International Boundary and 

Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C–

100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: 

(915) 832–4767, e-mail: 

danielborunda@ibwc.state.gov. 

Backgound: The USIBWC, in 

cooperation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), prepared this 

Environmental Assessment for the 

proposed action of raising the Lateral A/ 

Retamal Dike Levee System located in 

Hidalgo County, Texas to improve flood 

control. This levee system is part of the 

LRGFCP that extends approximately 180 

miles from the Town of Pen ̃itas in south 

Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. The Lateral 

A/Retamal Dike Levee System extends 

approximately 14 miles, from the 

Carlson Settling Basin to Retamal 

Diversion Dam. 

The Proposed Action would increase 

the flood containment capacity of the 

Lateral A/Retamal Dike System to meet 

the 3-foot freeboard design criterion for 

flood protection. Throughout the 

approximately 11.5-mile Lateral A 

segment, height increases between 1.5 

and 4 feet are typically needed to reach 

the design freeboard value. For the 3.5- 

mile Retamal Dike segment, typical 

increases in levee height range from 0 to 

2 feet. The increase in levee height will 

result in an expansion to the levee 

footprint by lateral extension of the 

structure. Structural improvements, 

such as a slurry cutoff barrier or a 

riverside impermeable liner, may be 

required for some levee segments where 

seepage is a potential problem. 

The Environmental Assessment 

assesses potential environmental 

impacts of the Proposed Action and the 

No Action Alternative. Potential 

impacts on natural, cultural, and other 

resources were evaluated and mitigation 

measures were incorporated into the 

Proposed Action. A Finding of No 

Significant Impact was issued for the 

Proposed Action based on a review of 

the facts and analyses contained in the 

Environmental Assessment. 

The USIBWC is authorized to 

construct, operate, and maintain any 

project or works projected by the United 

States of America on the Lower Rio 

Grande Flood Control Project (LRGFCP) 

as authorized by the Act of the 74th 

Congress, Sess. I Ch. 561 (H.R. 6453), 

approved August 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 660), 

and codified at 22 U.S.C. Section 277, 

277a, 277b, 277c, and Acts amendatory 

thereof and supplementary thereto. The 

LRGFCP was constructed to protect 

urban, suburban, and highly developed 

irrigated farmland along the Rio Grande 

delta in the United States and Mexico. 

Availability: Electronic copies of the 

Final EA and FONSI are available from 

the USIBWC Home Page at http:// 

www.ibwc.state.gov. 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

Susan Daniel, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E7–6743 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7010–01–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 332–490 and 

Investigation No. NAFTA–103–017] 

Certain Sugar Goods: Probable 

Economic Effect of Tariff Elimination 

Under NAFTA for Goods of Mexico 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation and 

request for written submissions. 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request 

on March 15, 2007 from the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) and in 

accordance with section 103 of the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 

3313), the Commission instituted 

Investigation Nos. 332–490 and 

NAFTA–103–017, Certain Sugar Goods: 

Probable Economic Effect of Tariff 

Elimination under NAFTA for Goods of 

Mexico. 

DATES: March 15, 2007: Date of receipt 

of request. 

April 5, 2007: Date of institution of 

investigation. 

May 4, 2007: Deadline for written 

statements, including any post-hearing 

briefs. 

June 15, 2007: Transmittal of report to 

the USTR. 

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, 

including the Commission’s hearing 

rooms, are located in the United States 

International Trade Commission 

Building, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. All written 

submissions, including requests to 

appear at the hearing, statements, and 

briefs, should be addressed to the 

Secretary, United States International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information may be obtained from 

Douglas Newman, Office of Industries 

(202–205–3328 or 

douglas.newman@usitc.gov); for 

information on legal aspects, contact 

William Gearhart of the Commission’s 

Office of the General Counsel (202–205–

3091 or william.gearhart@usitc.gov). 

The media should contact Margaret 

O’Laughlin, Office of External Relations 

(202–205–1819 or 

margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing 

impaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the TDD 

terminal on (202–205–1810). General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 

Persons with mobility impairments who 

will need special assistance in gaining 

access to the Commission should 

contact the Office of the Secretary at 

202–205–2000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According 

to the USTR’s letter, the President may 


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